▪ King County saw the state’s highest level of taxable retail sales at $14.74 billion, up 10 percent. Pierce County followed at $3.64 billion, up 9.4 percent. In Thurston County, total sales of $1.19 billion represented an increase of 6.9 percent.

▪ Seattle led cities in the state with taxable retail sales of $5.96 billion, an increase of 10.4 percent. Bellevue, Tacoma, Spokane and Vancouver followed with increases of 9, 6.8, 2.8 and 12.8 percent respectively.